Elderly Couple Beaten, Left Helpless For 4 Days

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September 30, 1991

WICHITA, KAN. — Intruders entered a home and beat an elderly couple so severely the victims couldn't call for help for four days, police said Saturday. Two men went to the couple's home Tuesday night and claimed they had car trouble, said police Capt. Gary Johnson. After the husband, 87, let them in to use the telephone, the two pulled out sawed-off shotguns and beat the man and his 86-year-old wife, Johnson said. The man was pushed down the stairs into the basement and remained there until Saturday, when he was able to crawl upstairs to call authorities, Johnson said. Both were hospitalized in serious condition, and the wife was unconscious with head injuries. The assailants ransacked the house, apparently looking for money, Johnson said.